VARNET 3 - 1 Monumental (393914322)

Dark skies made the crowd of 3045 at Coliseum VARNET a little nervous, but the rain held off. Son Tô was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Emmet Galway and Miguel Jacinto. VARNET tactics involved an interesting 4-5-1 combination. The following players took the field: Pieres - Hidalgo, Pinto, Bouzas, Mesperutza - 京嵩 (Jingsong), Gelcem, Bartrina, 瑞英 (Ruiying), Grimalt - Zobnin.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Monumental. Starters: Sătmărean - Aunli, Bacigalupi, Kalonis - Gaiser, Rosa, Caussin, Saggese, Blackwell - van Luxemburg, Petrzak.

Pressing was the tactic of the day for VARNET. After some beautiful movement down the left wing, K. Zobnin scored for VARNET putting them ahead 1 - 0, after 22 minutes. The visitors almost came back with an equaliser 23 minutes into the match after a good combination down the middle, but when N. Blackwell tried to finish the attack, he couldn't deliver the shot hard enough to seriously challenge the keeper. VARNET's talent at pressing frustrated the spectators as the game became a dire midfield struggle. VARNET's A. Bartrina increased the lead to 2 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 34 minutes. With 35 minutes played, T. van Luxemburg had a fantastic opportunity to reply but his shot flew harmlessly into the side-netting of the goal. 莫. 京嵩 (Jingsong) increased the lead for VARNET to 3 - 0, getting a head onto a hooked ball from the right. The ball looked to have taken a deflection on the way in, but he's claiming it! 3 - 0 was the halftime score. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by VARNET, with 53 percent of the ball.

李. 瑞英 (Ruiying) unleashed a swerving effort from the right that the visitors' keeper did well to tip wide. P. Gelcem of VARNET was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. 78 minutes into the match, the visitors reduced the lead to 3 - 1 as a free kick by D. Kalonis slunk past the home side's goalkeeper. The pressing tactics used by VARNET were successful as the ball remained close to the half way line at all times. Monumental had most of the ball, with 51 percent of possession.

VARNET's top performer was clearly K. Zobnin. On the other hand, J. Pinto's play was disheartening. The most dominating Monumental player was without a doubt N. Blackwell. C. Sătmărean on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 3 - 1.